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despite what a lot of people think, you can ask for forgiveness from the IRS and will typically get it if you're a first time offender and it's clear your intent wasn't malicious.

Sometimes people screw up on their taxes, etc.

[Nursie]

Same with HMRC in the UK, as an individual taxpayer if you call them up and say “I screwed up, can you help me sort this out?” then they’re quite good at helping and often able to lift late fines etc.

Intent, and communication, do matter.